Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-03-19

Congress has accomplished some laHly
good legislation during the present session.
but there is one bill. now a law, which the
people of this country will probably insist
Oh having repealed at the very next session
the interstate commerce bill. There i
no doubt that much can DE said in favor of
the bill. and truly too IL undoubtedly ben
efts many persons. but the bill will be ex-
tremely unpopular with the inhabitants OF
cities, and with many shippers.
There has been vast number of railroad
passes. reduced fare tickets. and shippers
passes issued in Springfield in the past.
After the LIST of the coming April all this
must cease. and the shipper will be forced
to pay full fare. Springfield being man
ufacturing city, and one of the heaviest
shipping points of its size in the country,
the number of reduced fares and passes out
of Springfield has been extremely large.
know several gentlemen holding prominent
positions in the great agricultural impIe-
ment works of Springfield. who hold an,
nual railroad passes, with which they can ride
at any time and as often as they like from
one end Of the line to the other. Almost
any shipper, from piano agent to the pro
prietor of a machine shop. has in the past
been able to work the management for a
pass or reduced rate. Now. all such appli-
cations will be met by the cruel words. in
ter-state commerce bill" If the provisions
of the law are faithfully carried out. no
more such passes can be issued. This will
no doubt make the law extremely unpopu-
lar with shippers. who form large and i'm
portant element of every community.
FAREWELL. EXcURsIoNs,
1t is also likely that the business of cheap
excursions will be thing of the past under
the new bill. In the scorching dog days
OF August. when man is pouring forth
his soul in perspiration. and lead pipes are
melted TO a putty-like state with the heat
no more will the eyes of the melting Spring
fielder drink in the refreshing intelligence
from poster as large as bet quilt. that
another of those popular excursions TO the
Niagara Falls" will take place on such
and such date, leaving Spring
field at such time and all for S4 the round
trip. No more will the delighted gazer
drink in the description OF the GLORIOUS
cataract. veiled by mist. and arched BY rain
bows, singing its stern song in eternal thuII-
ders." (see small blls), the wSole literary
proclamation rounded off by the glorious
climax. to the effect that the management
assures the public that If it takes q we'll
filled basket. 81 includes every item of ex.
pense necessary to SEE Niagara Falls Never
again will il he assured that an excursion
agent of extraordinary intelligence and de-
cility, and thrice the patience of job vii
attend the excursion to answer idiotic CUES
tions, in any quantity, and 10 prevent little
boys, with tnoughtless mamas. from faliinl
overheard into the falls. These delight.
will soon be thing of the prehistoric past
like the Garden of Eden, and the ''pies my
grandmother used to make" In the futur,
the unhappy clerk and married Springfield
er who makes it q point to 90 on littl.
trip every summer and get some of ths
Office dust rubbed out of his eyes; some o'
the industry. so 10 speak. will hereafiel
be Obliged to confine his butterfly jaunts Il
Enon OF Clark's woods. Won't the inter
state commerce bill be popular with the
Springfield cheap-tripper, Oh. won't IT
The proprietors of summer resorts like
Chautauqua. for instance, are waiting with
agoniZing anxiety until the Interstate
bill commission is chosen, and decides
whether the reduced summer tourist ticket
rates can be continued under the provision.
of the new bill. The number of Spring
field people who make il point to spend
@ few weeks every summer at Chautauqua
she lakes. Old Point Comfort or some of
the vast number of seaside or lakeside re-
sorts. is extremely large. and is a very in
telligent and influential element of the
community Now at full fare, railroad
rates. how many of these people could af-
ford to take their annual vacation? Tn.
teacher. tired ont with months of weary
labor and signing for the ocean breeze. tn.
exhausted clerk. the tired bookkeeper. al
of these are directly interested in the rul
ing of the commission. If il is decidet
that the summer tourists must pay full fare
and that the railroads have no righ
To- Issue reduced fares Ia the summer NJ
sorts, the decision will bear heav est OF
those " no aTe Ihe least able 10 bear il. Tn.
increased rates TO the places where tn,
birds sing. the grass is green and the oceai
waves glisten in the sunlight. will not bea
hard on the petted darling of society, VIII,
goes to the seaside to exhibit her prett-
dresses, and dance and fiirt in some moon
lighted pavalion for few brief weeks, an,
TO whose papa the railroad fare is not mucl
more of an object than a Street-car fare; no
ii will bear he West on the little purse o
the tired school-teacher and the poor clerI
who claim brief rest for the tired brail
and weary arm.
During the entire season the round tri
fare from Springfield 10 Chautauqua is no
more than SO or SlO-almost half far
rate. A Springfield railroad man said
the other day. Under the inter-stat
commerce bill don't think it will he poss
BILE for the railroads TO run these extremel
cheap excursions any more. There vii
be no more of the excursions to Chicag
for S. round trip. Niagara Falls for S4. 81
Louis for Sc. New Orleans for S26. Cal
fornia for S15, Minneapolis fo- SO. ct Get.
such as We have seen in the past 1t
possible, however, that some arrangement
will be made by the commission for IN
railroads to still issue reduced fare tourists
tickets III the summer
The wall of the cut-rate will be heard n
more in the land Under III new bill
will be almost as much of a crime to cut
rate as to cut your next door neighbOr wit
razor. 4 Springfield physician in thi
citv said to railroad man the other day:
''No mere cut rates, eh? Well, well
Why. they once got TO slaShing rates $
Lively between Springfield and New Yor
that got transportation to New York fO
81. Yes. sir: all the way to New York o
one wheel like this tossing up a trad
dollar cheap, wasn't it?"
''L0ok here, nv friend" said the raj
road man. you'd better save that story
we're going TO have dull summer
Cant do il; I've promised that story I
friend of mime
What does he want for it?'
''Why. he's publisher. and he wants
10 put in the next edition Of the Arabia
Nights his house gets out"
The story indeed sounds fishy. but il
literally true. People are living in Sprin.
field and manage 10 keep from being exhit
tied as curiosities in the dime museums
who within the mer ory If man, have bee
enabled on account of a stabbng affray
rates IN po from Snrinptiplu 10 New Yor